Example Sentences

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Woods had been limping all week even in good weather.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2023

I didn’t expect this Tennessee team which had been limping to the finish line to be the squad to break through for Rick Barnes, but here we are.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

The sport had been limping on, struggling for exposure; Jones will see to that, especially with a home World Cup in 2027.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2023

During a City Council hearing on Tuesday, officials admitted that drainage systems in the hardest-hit neighborhoods had been limping along at half strength.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2017

"I'm just getting played out, and that's no yarn," announced Bobolink, who had been limping for some little time, and grunting, as he would himself have said, "to beat the band."

From The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain by Warren, George A.